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Thanks for the response, Lightning UK. It's possible that, when I included the data in my original post, I had altered some settings. As I mentioned, I have tried to burn to more than one type of disc, including CD-R, CD-RW and DVD. I will try again, making certain that the settings are correct for the particular medium I'm using at the time I try. Thanks, again.

Thank you for the rapid Response, mmalves. I have downloaded the firmware update from the link you were kind enough to provide (and for which I thank you), but I have not yet installed it or continued to try getting Image Burn to work. During the period of time between my original post and when I read your response, I have been successful in burning a couple ISOs with another program. In fact, one of the ISOs I've succeeded in burning was to DVD, using the LG drive and discs from the same manufacturer I was previously using. From the success I've had, I'm inclined to believe the problem I was having prior to my post was not related to an issue with my optical drive or the medium I was using. I think it would be safe to say that the problem is with the Image Burn program. Still, I may go ahead and install the firmware update v2.0, hope it doesn't wreck a drive that is (seemingly) working correctly, and continue to get Image Burn to work as it should. If this is what I end up doing, I will return with my results, positive or negative. Thank you, again, for your time and effort to respond to my trouble. Oh, and incidentally, the program I successfully used to create the the ISOs I made today is an old (2004) item which was recently updated to add DVD functions to it. It is called, simply, ISO Recorder and can be found here.

Good Morning. I've tried a few different discs and write speeds but I'm getting the same burn failure in every instance. I'm considering swapping this LG drive with a Samsung from another computer- It's a painful process that I'd prefer to avoid, but will do if necessary. Any help interpreting this would be greatly appreciated. I 09:03:22 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 09:03:22 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 09:03:22 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,088 KB - Available: 1,353,844 KB W 09:03:22 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 09:03:22 Initialising SPTI... I 09:03:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 09:03:22 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 09:04:32 Operation Started! I 09:04:32 Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 1.00 (D:) (ATA) I 09:04:32 Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m25s30f, Infodisc Technology Co.) (Speeds: 4x, 10x) I 09:04:32 Quick Erase: Yes I 09:04:32 Erasing Disc... I 09:04:59 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:27 I 09:05:27 Operation Started! I 09:05:27 Source File: C:\Documents and Settings\1fastbullet\Desktop\XP-SP2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe.iso I 09:05:27 Source File Sectors: 118,369 (MODE1/2048) I 09:05:27 Source File Size: 242,419,712 bytes I 09:05:27 Source File Volume Identifier: WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe I 09:05:27 Source File Application Identifier: Application I 09:05:27 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 I 09:05:27 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 1.00 (D:) (ATA) I 09:05:27 Destination Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m25s30f, Infodisc Technology Co.) (Speeds: 4x, 10x) I 09:05:27 Destination Media Sectors: 359,846 I 09:05:27 Write Mode: DVD I 09:05:27 Write Type: DAO I 09:05:27 Write Speed: 3x I 09:05:27 Link Size: Auto I 09:05:27 Lock Volume: Yes I 09:05:27 Test Mode: No I 09:05:27 OPC: No I 09:05:27 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 09:05:27 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 4,155 KB/s (3x), Got: 1,764 KB/s (1.3x) I 09:05:27 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 09:05:28 Writing LeadIn... W 09:05:28 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Reason: Invalid Field in CDB W 09:05:28 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 09:05:28 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Field in CDB E 09:07:31 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Reason: Invalid Field in CDB I 09:07:31 Synchronising Cache... W 09:07:35 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions. E 09:07:35 Failed to Write Image! E 09:07:35 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:07 I 09:07:35 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A